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Which of these codes do you consciously choose?
Which ones seem “unconscious”?

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We always need to account for race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and other forces that influence our choices, others’ expectations of, and “appropriateness” of our communication.

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Remember to not succumb to dominant discourses of how we should think about these factors! Use those wonderful critical minds to question stereotypes, generalizations, and assumptions we often make.

Throughout all the sections in the chapter, ask yourself this question… :

Throughout all the sections in the chapter, ask yourself this question… Where does class, culture, gender, etc. factor into how we communicate and how other perceive our communication through artifacts?